First published 2003
Mrs. Frisby faces an impossible choice. Her son Timothy lies bedridden with pneumonia, too weak to be moved. But the farmer plans to plow their field any day now, destroying their home in the cinder block. The widowed mouse desperately needs help moving her family to safety without endangering her fragile child. Her search for a solution leads her to the rats of NIMH, laboratory escapees whose intelligence far exceeds that of ordinary rodents. These remarkable creatures possess knowledge and abilities that could save her family, but they harbor secrets about their past experiments and their own precarious future. As Mrs. Frisby learns about the rats' extraordinary origins and their debt to her late husband, she discovers that her family's survival depends on courage she never knew she possessed.
Genres: animals, 20th-century, adventure
Vibes: emotional, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: found-family, underdog
Setting: Nimh
Period: 20th-Century
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